Point 75 in the category of PAST is defined as:
Past perfect simple to report statements, where the main verb in the reporting clause is in the past simple.
*This point overlaps B1. So we might surmise that ‘said’ and ‘told’ are B1 and other reporting verbs might be B2 within this structure.
A search in iWeb for:
_vvd * * had _vvn
5 ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD ENTERED 140
ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD SIGNED
Fortune21 ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD REACHED 68
28 ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD ACQUIRED 62
30 ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD RECEIVED 54
38 REPORTED THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED 48
96 CONFIRMED THAT IT HAD RECEIVED 30
125 CLAIMED THAT HE HAD SEEN 25
146 MENTIONED THAT HE HAD SEEN 23
156 STATED THAT HE HAD MADE 22
171 REPENTED THAT HE HAD MADE 20
176 CONFESSED THAT HE HAD KILLED 20
185 TESTIFIED THAT THEY HAD SEEN 20
195 EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD COME 19
202 REVEALED THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED 19
247 ADDED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN 16
248 ADMITTED THAT HE HAD USED 16
264 WROTE THAT HE HAD RECEIVED 16
272 INDICATED THAT THEY HAD USED 15